Kevin Allen has served as an editor and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, ESPNChicago.com, FoxSports.com and Ragan Communications. He currently works as an editor for Imagination Publishing in Chicago. As a reporter, Kevin has covered national political campaigns, backyard barbecues and just about everything in between.

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